The new MSEE degree is an advanced degree that provides students with the tools and technical knowledge necessary to work and advance into leadership roles in industries and government agencies, and it provides graduate students with significant experience and skills to research, develop new technologies and trends in the electrical engineering field, and design electrical engineering systems. The MSEE focuses on two timely and important electrical engineering (EE) areas of emphasis in the context of urban issues and homeland security:

• Communications and Signal Processing
• Digital Systems Engineering

The MSEE requires 30 credit hours of graduate-level course work. The program offers both thesis and non-thesis options. However, student who are supported as research assistants are required to pursue the thesis option only. A thesis option is offered for students who want the opportunity to obtain expertise in research and who may be interested in pursuing doctoral degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering. A non-thesis option is offered for students who want a practical industrial applications-oriented degree. However, student who are supported as research assistants are required to pursue the thesis option only.

The educational objectives of the MSEE degree program in Electrical Engineering are:

• To provide graduate students with advanced training in marketable areas of Electrical Engineering
• To provide graduate students with research opportunities to solve real-world problems in Electrical Engineering
• To prepare graduate students for leadership positions in Electrical Engineering